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Hungry for Music Notes
December Newsletter
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"One small gesture can change a life.”
Hugh Masekela
One of the inspirations for Hungry for Music’s outreach efforts is the story of the Karnofsky family, who gave Louis Armstrong the funds to purchase his first horn, a cornet. They were a Jewish family who had emigrated from Lithuania and ran a coal and junk business in New Orleans, where Armstrong began working when he was just seven years old. They fed him, nurtured him, and allowed him to sleep in their home. Armstrong said he learned “how to live, real life and determination” from the Karnofskys. To honor them, he wore a Star of David for most of his adult life.
And Louis paid their love forward many times in his life with his generosity.
Hungry for Music’s Baltimore associate, Joe Compton, likes to tell our musical instrument donors the famous story of Armstrong gifting legendary South African musician Hugh Masekela with a trumpet. British anti-apartheid activist, bandleader, and priest Trevor Huddleston had given Masekela his first horn.
After being exiled from South Africa for his anti-apartheid activities, Huddleston visited the United States and had the opportunity to tell Armstrong about Masekela and his music program. Armstrong responded by giving him one of his trumpets. Masekela said that the trumpet inspired him to embark on a career in music, and he went on to be known as South Africa’s “Father of Jazz.”
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Hugh Masekela jumping for joy after receiving trumpet from Louis Armstrong.
(Photographer: Alf Kumalo) |
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At Hungry for Music, our hope is that the gift of music will make a positive difference in the lives of the kids who receive them. Perhaps these gifts will inspire a career in music — but at the very least, a greater appreciation of music.
Your donation on Giving Tuesday and during the giving season will help us create more musicians and music appreciators!
Thank you for helping us make a difference.
Here’s to a harmonious holiday season.
And may you always find comfort with music.
Jeff Campbell
Founder/Director
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Our Outreach In Action
- Testimonials- |
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“I've attached the most heart-warming images of our SMF Jazz Academy students enjoying Hungry for Music's very generous donation of two drum kits. The students have been thrilled, and these instruments are making a real difference in their musical development.”
~ Katherine @ Savannah Music Festival
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The smile says it all.
“Martha, a 5th grader, is the happy recipient of one of the guitars donated by Hungry for Music! She first learned to play guitar attending KYDS after school and summer programs last year. Martha was a natural and really enjoyed the lessons.
This school year, she was disappointed to find that our guitar teacher had left. Martha’s mother found a scholarship that would allow her to continue guitar lessons in the community but they required that she bring her own guitar, which mom could not afford.
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Problem solved thanks to Hungry for Music! To say Martha and her mother were ecstatic at the surprise, is an understatement. She has a little brother who made sure she knew she would be sharing the guitar with him. 😊”
Vikki Balet, Director
Keep Youth Doing Something, Inc.
Van Nuys, CA
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Planting Musical Seeds Coast to Coast
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Hungry for Music makes approximately a dozen regional delivery/pick-up trips annually, besides the weekly trips in the DC Metro area. These regional trips allow us to pick up larger donations throughout the United States, such as instrument donation drive collections from service projects.
We are also able to make larger music instrument donations which would have been cost prohibitive to ship. |
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Classical guitar donations to Guitar Antiqua in California. |
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Donation of percussion instruments to PS 95 in Brooklyn |
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We are able to make international donations because of stateside sponsors who handle customs and shipping costs.
Our fourteenth international donation of 2025! Hungry for Music has been supporting Building a Bridge to Uganda since 2016. The van load of instruments will be shipped in a container with other goods and will arrive in Uganda in the spring of next year.
Pictured is Lou Buonomo and Hungry for Music Operations Manager, Cassie Clark.
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“We are overwhelmed. Please know that you have made a significant impact on the children we serve in Uganda in the past and into the future.”
Lou & Kathleen Buonomo
Building A Bridge to Uganda |
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“The pianos finally got to Lagos Nigeria and the kids are really excited and it has been a tremendous help. Thank you again for your generous donation.“
Ruth Phillips
VP Support Care Unit
Help and Reconciliation Ministry
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A baker’s dozen of violins supporting the outreach of the Music for a Purpose mission in Honduras.
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Volunteers Shining Bright
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Hungry for Music has volunteers in most major metropolitan areas.
We couldn’t do what we do without their support.
Here are two stars: |
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Hungry for Music has supported Roger Anderson’s music classes since 2009. Now that he is retired, he volunteers for us!
We just picked up a big load from his home in Gilbert, Arizona, including two upright basses, two tubas, five trombones, over a dozen flutes and clarinets! Wow!
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Hungry for Music’s volunteer in the Long Beach area, Julie Roehrich, helps with picking up donations and connecting others to our mission.
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A Feel Good Tour Christmas
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Look who came by the Hungry for Music Distribution Center to pick up some instruments!
Hungry for Music is happy to support our friends, Al and Bill, at the Feel Good Tour, with their 11th annual Christmas Instrument Giveaway to family’s in need in the Roanoke, Virginia area. We have supported their project since the beginning!
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In and Out
-Photographs Taken a Week Apart-
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The middle warehouse at the Hungry for Music Distribution Center won’t be clear for long! We are grateful for the constant flow of music instruments in and out of our space.
Thank you to our Operations Manager Cassie Clark and team for keeping things moving!
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Your generosity makes a difference. |
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Since becoming a non-profit 31 years ago, Hungry for Music has brought the healing quality of music to more than 27,000 children in 50 states and 40 countries through its musical instrument donation program. We appreciate everyone who has helped us along the way and could not fulfill our mission without the generosity of others.
If you are able, please donate funds, buy a t-shirt from our online store, or visit our website to find out about other ways you can support Hungry for Music. |
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